The Pre-Dental club organized a tour of USC's Dental School. Their facilities are amazing. All of their labs are state of the art with the latest in equipment. All of the supplies are included in the student fees (~$75,000 per semester).
They are using a new teaching style that sounds very interesting, Problem Based Learning (PBL). In this approach students are teamed up into groups of about a dozen. Each group has one or more teachers to assist them in the process. Each group is given a case file featuring one or more problems. Solving the case file will require research in one or more disciplines (i.e. Biochemistry, Anatomy, etc.). The group then formulates a solution to the problem and submits it for review. The teacher reviews the solution with the group and gives corrections.
I was blown away by the quality of the school. I am really interested in the PBL approach as that's how i usually learn the most! Having an application for the knowledge really reinforces the information for me. I would love to attend this school.
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